Family:Benjamin Colton and Elizabeth Pitkin (1)

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Marriage[1] 1726 Connecticut, United States[2nd wife]
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  1. Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College With Annals of the College History. (New York / New Haven: Holt / Yale University Press, 1885-1912)
    Oct 1701-May 1745, 98-100.

    BENJAMIN COLTON ...

    He married, December 3, 1713, Ruth, eldest daughter of the Rev. Edward Taylor (Harv. Coll. 1671), of Westfield, Massachusetts. ...

    He was again married, in 1726, to Elizabeth, daughter of the Hon. William Pitkin, Jr., of Hartford. ...

    He had two sons and two daughters by the first marriage, and three daughters and two sons by the second.

    His eldest son, Eli, graduated at this College in 1737, and his youngest, George, in 1756. One daughter married the Rev. Adonijah Bidwell (Y. C. 1740).

    Of his children, all except the eldest son and one daughter survived him. ...